Lilies, lies and love / Man-woman relationships Female friendship Young women
French, Jackie,
Lilies, lies and love / Jackie French. - 328 pages ; 24 cm. - Miss Lily ; [4] . - French, Jackie. Miss Lily ; 4. .
As the King of England wavers between duty and love, Sophie knows that she must choose duty. The year is 1936 and the new King Edward VIII wishes to marry American divorcee, and suspected German agent, Wallis Simpson. Top-secret documents that the king must read and sign are being neglected for weeks, and some are even turning up in Berlin. And as Germany grows its military might with many thousands of new fighter planes every year, Britain and its empire are under increasing threat. Can Miss Lily's most successful protégé, Sophie Vaile, the Countess of Shillings, seduce the new king, prevent his marriage to Wallis Simpson, and turn him from fascism? And if a man can sacrifice his life for his country, should a woman hesitate to sacrifice her honour? Based on new correspondence found in German archives, Lilies, Love and Lies is a work of fiction. Or is it?
9781460754986 1460754980 1460709373
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 --Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
A823.4
Lilies, lies and love / Jackie French. - 328 pages ; 24 cm. - Miss Lily ; [4] . - French, Jackie. Miss Lily ; 4. .
As the King of England wavers between duty and love, Sophie knows that she must choose duty. The year is 1936 and the new King Edward VIII wishes to marry American divorcee, and suspected German agent, Wallis Simpson. Top-secret documents that the king must read and sign are being neglected for weeks, and some are even turning up in Berlin. And as Germany grows its military might with many thousands of new fighter planes every year, Britain and its empire are under increasing threat. Can Miss Lily's most successful protégé, Sophie Vaile, the Countess of Shillings, seduce the new king, prevent his marriage to Wallis Simpson, and turn him from fascism? And if a man can sacrifice his life for his country, should a woman hesitate to sacrifice her honour? Based on new correspondence found in German archives, Lilies, Love and Lies is a work of fiction. Or is it?
9781460754986 1460754980 1460709373
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 --Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
A823.4